89 episodes

Hear book talks, conversations, special presentations, stories about the happenings in the library, the Labs, and Washington, DC, and much more! This show is recorded from the Labs Recording Studio at the historic, modernized, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in downtown Washington, D.C. This podcast was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Episode transcripts may be requested by emailing labs.dcpl@dc.gov, please include the episode name and date in your request.

DC Public Library Podcast Labs at DC Public Library

    • Arts

Hear book talks, conversations, special presentations, stories about the happenings in the library, the Labs, and Washington, DC, and much more! This show is recorded from the Labs Recording Studio at the historic, modernized, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in downtown Washington, D.C. This podcast was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Episode transcripts may be requested by emailing labs.dcpl@dc.gov, please include the episode name and date in your request.

    All Things Local: Diving With a Purpose

    All Things Local: Diving With a Purpose

    In this episode, host Olubunmi Bakare speaks with Kamau Sadiki. Kamau is a Board of Directors member and Lead Instructor with Diving With A Purpose (DWP), an organization committed to resurrecting the stories of shipwrecks involved in the Transatlantic Era of African Enslavement (TEAE) through maritime archaeology. They discuss his mission to find and document vessels of enslavement.

    • 55 min
    What the Tech: What is Cryptocurrency?

    What the Tech: What is Cryptocurrency?

    In this epsiode, we tackle Cryptocurrency with guest Adam Zarazinski. Adam is the CEO of Inca Digital, a local Veteran-owned and run company that helps businesses understand and use Cryptocurrency and related technologies.

    In our interview, Adam breaks down cryptocurrency- what it is, how it works, how to avoid crypto scams, and more.

    • 41 min
    Get Lit: New Year

    Get Lit: New Year

    In this episode, join us as we hear from local authors Georgina Warren and D. Lincoln Burbank, and famous Scottish poet Robert Burns to close out 2024.

    • 26 min
    Get Lit: Winter Holiday Edition

    Get Lit: Winter Holiday Edition

    Join us as we explore the winter holiday season. We hear from writers Kim Renay Anderson and Rev. Veronica Graves, listen to the ending of The Dead by James Joyce and ruminate over what it is that’s so important about these days. Is it just the food? Is it the religious aspects? Is it family? What is it?

    • 53 min
    All Things Local: Climate Change in the District

    All Things Local: Climate Change in the District

    In this episode Erin Garnaas-Holmes lead climate adaptation planner with the District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment's Urban Sustainability Administration joins host Olubunmi Bakare to discuss climate change and the effects it will have on the District.

    • 34 min
    Get Lit: Halloween Tales

    Get Lit: Halloween Tales

    Get Lit with Halloween this year as we take a look at why people like scary stories, then hear an eerie story from local writer Margaret Roberts Drucker and listen to a poems from Adelaide Crapsey and Anne Boleyn.

    • 40 min

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